Proceedings from Conference ’97: Searching for Quality

Joint Meeting of the

Australian Avocado Grower’s Federation, Inc.

and

NZ Avocado Growers Association, Inc.

23-26 September 1997

J. G. Cutting (Organizer)

 

6        GENERIC PROMOTION OF SOUTH AFRICAN AVOCADOS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM
Bill Blanden

14      AVOCADO QUALITY ASSURANCE: WHO? WHERE? WHEN? HOW?
D. L. Milne

38      ETHYLENE RIPENING PROTOCOLS FOR LOCAL AND EXPORT MARKET AVOCADOS
Allan Woolf, Donna McLeod, Jeremy Burdon, and Anne White

46      COATING TO ENHANCE FRUIT LIFE
Nigel H. Banks, Jason W. Johnston, Rosemary A. Watson, Anna M. Kingsley and Bruce R. MacKay

55      PROGRESS IN MANAGING LATENT INFECTIONS A REVIEW
K.R. Everett

69      THE ELECTRONIC FIRMOMETER
Anne White, Allan Woolf, Donna McLeod and Jeremy Burdon

76      AVOCADO FRUIT SAMPLING PROCEDURES AFFECT THE ACCURACY OF THE DRY MATTER MATURITY TEST
Peter J. Hofman and Marcelle Jobin-Décor

83      FROM SEED TO TRAY SOME FIELD PRACTICES TO IMPROVE AVOCADO FRUIT QUALITY
A.W. Whiley, P.J. Hofman and L.M. Coates

98      POLLINATION BIOLOGY AND FRUIT SET IN AVOCADO
Carol J. Lovatt

106     USE OF GIBBERELLIC ACID TO MANIPULATE FLOWERING IN THE 'HASS' AVOCADO: A PRELIMINARY REPORT
Samuel Salazar-Garcia and Carol J. Lovatt

112     AVO-GREEN AN OPTION FOR REDUCING PESTICIDE USE
Philippa S. Stevens

119     ORCHARD MULCHING EFFECTS ON AVOCADO FRUITING
B.N. Wolstenholme, C.S. Moore-Gordon and A.K. Cowan

131     IMPROVING BORON NUTRITION IMPROVES 'HASS' AVOCADO FRUIT SIZE AND QUALITY
Timothy E. Smith, Peter J. Hofman, Russell A. Stephenson, Colin J. Asher and Suzan E. Hetherington

138     ROOTSTOCK INFLUENCE ON YIELD OF 'HASS' AVOCADO
Graeme Thomas

147     AVOCADO IRRIGATION PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS IN DETERMINING WATER NEED, IRRIGATION DESIGN AND FREQUENCY SCHEDULING
C J Partridge

155     DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL ROOT CONCENTRATIONS OF PHOSPHONATE TO CONTROL PHYTOPHTHORA ROOT ROT IN AVOCADO
C. Kaiser, A.W. Whiley, K.G. Pegg, P.A. Hargreaves and M.P. Weinert

156     APPLES LIGHT AND ORCHARD DESIGN FOR ENHANCEMENT OF YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY
John W. Palmer

163     AVOMAN: A PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF AVOCADO PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY IN AUSTRALIA
Simon D. E. Newett, Shane F. Mulo, Garry D. Fullelove, Christine P. Bezzina and Anthony W. Whiley

174     AVOCADO CANOPIES: MAINTAINING PRODUCTION FROM SMALLER TREES
Grant Thorp